Finding the Help You Deserve

My Ideal Client You’re someone (or a couple, or a family) who is longing for deeper connection — with yourself, your partner, your children, or your community. You’re earnest, reflective, willing to do the hard emotional work, and you care about healing rather than just “getting by.” You may also be someone who values nature, animals, or experiential work, or is open to optional nontraditional therapeutic components (e.g. horses, walking, outdoor settings). You may have tried talk therapy before but felt stuck, or seen patterns that seem to repeat despite your efforts. Challenges You Might Be Facing You feel emotionally disconnected in your relationships (romantic, family, parental) — and long to be closer to important people in your life. You struggle with feelings of shame, unworthiness, or fear of being rejected and long to be truly seen. You notice relational patterns that hurt or frustrate both you and others — patterns you don’t always understand or know how to change. You may be wrestling with anxiety, depression, trauma, family conflict, emotional disturbance, or behavioral issues. You may find yourself “armoring up” — using defense strategies (e.g. criticism, withdrawal, blame, shutting down) just to stay safe, but these strategies now also make you feel isolated or misunderstood. You might feel overwhelmed by expectations, disconnected from your own needs or inner life, or stuck in reactive cycles rather than relational ones. Your Possible Goals To feel genuinely known, seen, and safe in your relationships — and to return that to others. To shift away from reactive patterns into more conscious, emotionally responsive connection. To understand and heal the emotional drivers behind behavior (your own and others’). To transform shame, fear, and disconnection into curiosity, resilience, and secure attachment. To resolve conflict in ways that deepen rather than fracture connection. To find more emotional freedom, authenticity, and aliveness.